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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD) are more common than you might think. It is a syndrome that exhibits symptoms such as hyperactivity, forgetfulness, mood shifts, poor impulse control, and distractibility. Join others who suffer from these conditions and share your experiences.

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Our biggest concern is over the lack of Knowledge that school personal have in dealing with behaviors.Specifically that they label ADHD kids as behaviors only.They seem to have limited insit on how to redirect appropriately and consistently. Our school is now wanting to impliment an IEP for our grandson, Has anyone gone through this. It is my feeling that they want to rail road him to another setting and we feel that he is no different than many other children in the school.( statistically and through observation of others in the class). Help anyone!
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Hi there, both my daughters were involved in the IPP Individual Program Plan, which I'm thinking is the same as what you are talking about. Best way to go, seriously. Three party involved, yourself, your child and teacher. The plan is a concerte set of goals for your child to work towards, not against. Getting your child into a seperate class may be the best thing b/c the speical class is totally designed for student with special needs.
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An Individual Program Plan is not set in stone and does not neccisarily mean your child will be segregated into a special needs class. IEPs are desiged to help children in mainstream classes - not take them out. In an IEP, a your child's program may be adapted or modified. If adapted, the original curriculum is the same, except accomdations are made such as test/assignment extentions, seperate testing areas to limit distractions etc. In a modified program, the curriculum and learning outcomes are not the same. Depending on your childs needs, a modified plan will be constructed of skills and outcomes that are applicable to your child (i.e. if youre child's social skills are weak, then activities are designed to improve in that area).

If you feel like your child is no different than others, when you meet with the teachers and school personal, ask to have him put on an Adapted program that will help him improve his behaviors and allow him to reach goals, thus allowing him to be sucessful, and limiting behaviour outbursts in class.
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A special needs class should not be considerd a negative aspect of learning but rather a specialized classroom enironment which the student gets 100% support from the teacher and as well other students. The primary focus is learning not segregation. Students learn to create their own goals and work towards them. There is no competion for marks, b/c each student is working towards their own goals. Coping skills are learned and naturally absorded, thus each student success. Class sizes are smaller(then regular classes)and with a teacher aid add to the learning enirvoment.
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